Littig v. Vestry of Mount Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church

The bill in this case was filed by Ward P. Littig, executor of Kate Littig for the purpose of having a sum of money deposited in the Provident Savings Bank of Baltimore decreed to be a part of her estate. The defendants, the Vestry of Mt. Calvary Church and the Savings Bank, failed to answer. A decree pro confesso was obtained, testimony was taken and the case was referred to Alexander H. Robertson, Esq., Auditor and Master, who subsequently filed a report holding that the fund in bank should be paid to the plaintiff as executor but that it was impressed with a trust in favor of the defendant…